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Seven die as Taliban attack Afghan oil tanker Monday, July 21, 2008 JALALABAD: Gunmen attacked an oil tanker in Laghman province while it was travelling from Jalalabad to Kabul on Sunday. The tanker burst into flames after the attack. The fire also engulfed a minivan. The tanker driver and six people in the minivan were killed, provincial spokesman Abdul Wakil Atak said, blaming the attack on Taliban, who, he said, were attacking vehicles transporting oil and other supplies to the international soldiers in Afghanistan via Pakistan.